Below are a few suggested databases useful for locating editorial cartoons
and other images.
Academic
Search Premier
Select the Images tab on the top right menu bar to search for
photos and images in a wide range of electronic journals. This
scholarly multi-disciplinary database contains indexing for over 8,000
publications, with full text for more than 4,450 of those titles. CU
AccuNet/AP
multimedia archive About this Resource
Provides a sensory journey of photographs, audio sound bites, graphics
and text spanning over 160 years of history. Student comprehension and
recall skills will improve with visually stimulating imagery meant for
use in research papers, theses, reports and PowerPoint presentations.
Access is for one concurrent user. CU
Art
Full text
Search for art reproductions by limiting the document type.
Subjects include: Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture
and Architectural History, Art History, Computers inArt, Crafts, Decorative
Arts, Fashion Design, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior
Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western
Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, Textiles,
Video. CU
JSTOR
Use the advanced search option and limit search to caption
titles. Provides image and full-text online access to back
issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political
science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities
and social sciences. CU
New
York Public Library digital gallery
Provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources
and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library,
including illuminated manuscripts , historical maps , vintage posters
, rare prints and photographs , illustrated books , printed ephemera
, and more.
Proquest Newsstand
Limit format to 'Editorial Cartoon' . Index w/ full-text
of articles in Wall Street Journal and 500+ other major U.S. and international
newspapers, news wires and other news sources. CU
ProQuest Historical
Newspapers
Choose 'News- The Historical [Newspaper Name]' from the database
drop down menu. Under 'More Search Options' limit format to 'Editorial
Cartoon'. Provides online access to newspapers, including New
York Times and Wall Street Journal. Most access if pre-1970s.
Example: The
Historical New York Times
To find more news sources go to
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